Physics
A glass rod rubbed with silk is touched with the disc of a negatively charged gold leaf electroscope. The divergence of leaves will:
- decrease
- increase
- remain unchanged
- first decreases and then increases
Static Electricity
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decrease
Reason — A glass rod when rubbed with silk gets positively charged. When it is touched with the disc of a negatively charged gold leaf electroscope, the divergence of leaves decreases because opposite charges attract each other.
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